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Current Algebras and Groups

Current Algebras and Groups

Mickelsson, Jouko

Paperback

Series: Plenum Monographs in Nonlinear Physics

Physics

ISBN10: 1475702973
ISBN13: 9781475702972
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Mar 3 2013
Pages: 313
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Let M be a smooth manifold and G a Lie group. In this book we shall study infinite-dimensional Lie algebras associated both to the group Map(M, G) of smooth mappings from M to G and to the group of dif- feomorphisms of M. In the former case the Lie algebra of the group is the algebra Mg of smooth mappings from M to the Lie algebra gof G. In the latter case the Lie algebra is the algebra Vect M of smooth vector fields on M. However, it turns out that in many applications to field theory and statistical physics one must deal with certain extensions of the above mentioned Lie algebras. In the simplest case M is the unit circle SI, G is a simple finite- dimensional Lie group and the central extension of Map( SI, g) is an affine Kac-Moody algebra. The highest weight theory of finite- dimensional Lie algebras can be extended to the case of an affine Lie algebra. The important point is that Map(Sl, g) can be split to positive and negative Fourier modes and the finite-dimensional piece g corre- sponding to the zero mode.

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